I asked you to write a light novel, but you wrote about living?

……

……

"Truly yours, once a decent man, but now MARK TWAIN, LP., MT, BS, DT, FC, and PM"

("Your loyal friend, once a respectable man, is now a perjurer, thief, corpse thief, alcoholic, corrupt official, and fraudster—Mark Twain.")

After typing the last character of "Running for Governor," Yu Wen-soothes his slightly sore fingers and leaned back in his wheelchair.

The crisp click of the mechanical keyboard gradually faded in the quiet study, but his mind was suddenly filled with the poignant work of another literary giant from another world—Lu Xun's "Medicine."

In fact, when Chang Liren called, the first thing that flashed through Yu Wen's mind was indeed "Medicine".

After all, those major platforms that were attacking him, and those shameless peers who were cheering him on behind the scenes, were willing to go so far as to target even a child who had already passed away, just to smear him.

They took a letter, a mother's grief, and even a child's last wish and used them to fabricate and exploit.

How different is this practice of using other people's blood and suffering to gain traffic from from the blood-soaked steamed bun in the movie "Medicine"?

But Yu Wen eventually moved his finger away and crossed out the option.

Without him.

The sheer volume and scope of harm caused by "Medicine" are simply too great.

It wasn't a dagger aimed at just one person, but a spiritual bombardment that swept across the entire society.

The film "Medicine" exposes more than just the numbness and ignorance of a few ordinary people at the bottom of society.

It depicts the ignorance and alienation of an era, the incomprehension of the blood of revolutionaries, and the fact that people watch death and consume sacrifice without ever considering what they themselves have consumed.

That kind of timeless sorrow and irony is an "AOE-wide damage" to the entire society.

But the ones stirring up trouble on the StarNet now are not the ordinary readers who have been misled.

Instead, it's those hypocritical peers who hide behind a few major platforms and stop at nothing to compete for traffic and profits.

This is a purely commercial attack.

Using the film "Medicine" to express pity and reflection towards these shameless people who would do anything for profit would actually be an overestimation of them.

They are not worthy of Yu Wen using such an article to question the entire era.

They only deserve to be relegated to the realm of stories, becoming a group of self-righteous but actually absurd and laughable clowns.

Running for governor is the most appropriate choice right now.

Mark Twain used the purest black humor to vividly depict the bottomless slander and absurd mudslinging tactics employed by politicians in their pursuit of competition.

The protagonist in the novel, who was originally of impeccable character, suddenly became a "perjurer," a "thief," and a "drunkard" overnight simply because he participated in an election.

How similar this is to Yu Wen's current situation!

He was accused of "exploiting the deceased" and "using the death of a minor to attract traffic" simply because he mentioned the origin of the letter during a live broadcast.

"Since you guys enjoy playing this game of splashing dirty water..."

Yu Wen looked calmly at the "Governor's Election" video that had been successfully uploaded to the screen.

Let all readers of StarNet take a look.

How absurd can a group of people go when they resort to any means for profit?

Yu Wen looked at the completed text on the screen and paused his finger on the "Confirm Publish" option.

He didn't click it immediately.

After calming down, Yu Wen re-examined the article "Running for Governor".

This satirical work is unlike any other serialized novel.

Ultimately, Weiguang is a commercial online literature platform.

The readers here mostly gather to find stories and kill time, enjoying the serialized plots and the constant conflicts.

If you directly put "Running for Governor" on your work's homepage, readers will see it immediately. However, it is also easy for your opponents to take advantage of the situation and portray it as "mutual attacks between online writers," or even distort it into a commercial war of words between Weiguang and other literary platforms.

By then, the originally sharp, dark satire will be diluted by the gossip and arguments that are rampant in the online literature circle.

The best way to deal with these industry elites who spout morality but are capable of any means behind the scenes is never to jump into the quagmire with them.

Instead, stand a little higher.

Articles that use absurdity and humor to expose the ugliness of reality ultimately fall short on online literature platforms that prioritize entertainment.

It is more suitable to appear on a serious, public platform with sufficient influence.

For example... Midtown Observer.

As an official media outlet covering the entire Eastern region, "Central City Observer" itself represents an attitude.

If "Running for Governor" can appear there openly and legitimately, it will no longer be just Yu Wen's rebuttal to a few of his peers.

Everyone will understand that what this article truly satirizes is never just a particular author, nor just a particular platform.

Rather, it is those who, for their own benefit, can fabricate charges at will, manipulate public opinion, and then cloak themselves in a veneer of morality.

At that time, those who convict him based on "minor privacy" and "exploiting the deceased" will find it much harder to dismiss it all as a simple online literature dispute.

Yu Wen saved the text on the screen to his local drafts and then exited the Weiguang publishing page.